Presser foot for sewing machines



Dec. 19, 1950 J. L. LUNA 2,534,281

PRESSER FOOT FOR SEWING MACHINES Filed Feb. 18, 1948 .30 INVENTOR. JoseL. A, V7742 ATTEI R N EYS Patented Dec. 19, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE I 2,534,2 1 I IPRESSER FOOT FOR SEWING MACHINES Jose L. Luna,Houston, Tex.

Application February 18, 1948, SerialNo. 9,312

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to sewing machine attachments, and moreparticularly to a presser foot for a sewing machine.

An object of the invention is to provide a presser foot having aplurality of angularly directed channels therein adjacent to theaperture which is provided in the foot, for the passage therethrough ofthe conventional sewing machine needle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhereby decorative material such as cord or ribbon or the like may bequickly and easily sewed to fabrics in one or more layers. 7

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter that is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture andenicient in operation.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts morefully hereinafter described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing in which:

Figure l is an elevational view of an embodiment of the invention in usewith a sewing machine;

Figure 2 is a side elevational device of the em-,

bodiment, per se;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the embodiment with the presser foot barshown in section;

Figure 4 is a front view of the embodiment and Figure 5 is a sectionalview on the line 55 of Figure 3.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the reference numeral iiidesignates the presser foot constructed in accordance with theinvention.

The presser foot It is provided with a U-shaped portion II, which isadapted to engage and be mounted on the presser foot bar l2. A set screwI3, carried by the bar enters the slot I4 in the portion ll, whereby thepresser foot is attached to the bar I?! in fixed relation thereto. Thepresser bar I2 is conventional with sewing machines oi the usualstructure indicated in Figure 1 by the numeral It.

The foot member N3 of the presser foot [0 is somewhat offset in relationto the portion II, and is provided with the aperture I! for thereception of the sewing machine needle I 8. The foot member It isgenerally curved in formation and the base is provided with the guideslot H! which communicates with the aperture IT. The needle I8 carriesin its eye the thread 20 which is usually supplied from a spool 2! onthe spindle 22 on the machine [5.

Forwardly of the aperture I1, and slightly removed therefrom, is anangularly directed aperture 23, which communicating with the slot I9, isadapted to feed a decorative cord 26 to the slot below the needle 18.Forwardly of, and slightly removed from the aperture 23, is theangularly directed slot 25 which also communicates with the slot l9, andis adapted to feed a decorative ribbon 26 to the slot I9 below the cord24. Forwardly of and slightly removed from the slot 25, is a secondangularly directed slot 21 which communicates with the slot l9 at itsforward end. The slot 2'! is wider than the slot 25, and is adapted tofeed a larger decorative ribbon 28 below the narrower ribbon 26. Toprovide for the width of the ribbon 28, the foot member I6 is providedwith a wider slot 30 formed by the oppositely inset opposed shoulders 3|and 3| respectively. The slot 30 underlies the slot I9 so that as thecord 25 and ribbon 26 are guided through slot IS, the ribbon 28 isguided through slot 30.

In operation, when it is desired to decorate the surface of somematerial with a layer of decorative cord and ribbons, it is onlynecessary to thread the ribbon 28 through the slot 2'! into guide slot30, until it is below the needle [8, then thread the ribbon 25 throughthe slot 25 until it is below the needle I 8, in guide slot 19 andoverlying the ribbon 28. The cord 24 is then threaded through theopening 23 until it is below the needle I8 and overlying the ribbon 26,in guide slot I9. Then when the presser foot I0 is released, it willhold the cord and ribbons in place. Subsequent operation of the machinel5 in the conventional manner will then cause the needle to stitch therespective layers to the material 29, as shown in Figure 2. The thread28 stitches the respective layers to the material in the usual manner.

It is believed that from the foregoing description, the construction andoperation of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art,and it is to be understood that changes in the minor details ofconstruction, arrangement and combination of parts may be resorted to,provided they fall within the spirit of the invention and the scope ofthe appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

A presser foot for a sewing machine, comprising an attaching portion anda foot portion, an aperture in said foot portion to receive the needleof a sewing machine, an angularly directed aperture in the foot portionforwardly of said first aperture, an angularly directed slot whoselongitudinal length is greater than the radius of the second aperture inthe foot portion forwardly of said second aperture, a second angularlydirected slot whose longitudinal length is greater than the 5 length ofthe first slot in the foot portion forwardly of said first slot and saidslots adapted to extend transversely of said foot portion, oppositelydisposed shoulders on the opposite curved edges of the bottom surface ofsaid foot portion providing a slot extending longitudinally of the footportion, a second set of oppositely disposed shoulders inwardly of thesaid first shoulders and on a higher plane than said first shouldersproviding a slot of less width than said first slot and said apertureand said first slot 4 connected with the slots in the bottom surface ofsaid foot portion.

JOSE L. LUNA.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 47,171 Planer Apr. 4, 1865177,296 Sutherland May 9, 1876 937,204 Crompton Oct. 19, 1909 FOREIGNPATENTS Number Country Date 698,061 Germany Oct. 31, 1940

